Attachment for rugs.



No. 760,392. PATBNTED MAY 17, 1904. S. GULLIAN.

ATTAGHMBNT FOR BUGS. APPLIOATION FILED JAN. '1, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 17, 1904. I

SENEKERIM GULLIAN, OF BUFFALO, NFJV YORK.

ATTACHMENT FOR HUGS- SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,392, dated May 17, 1904.

Application filed January '7, 1904. Serial No. 188,097. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SENEKERIM GULLIAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Rugs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments for rugs and floor-coverings.

It is a well-known fact that a person steppingon a loose rug on a highly-polished floor, such as found in the better class of homes, is liable to slip and receive a fall, with possible serious injury,.unless extreme care is exercised, owing to the slipping or sliding of the rug on the floor. Another objectionable feature of a rug, especially of the heavy oriental type, is its tendency to curl or turn up at the corners and edges. Attempts have been made to avoid these objections by securing the rugs to the floor by detachable fastenings. This method is objectionable in that one part of the fastening used is inlaid in the floor, thus marring the latter and requiring a skilled workman to apply the fastening, and the rug must always remain in the same place, which is not always desirable. It has also been proposed to secure a marginal frame or strips of steel on the under side of the rug along the edges thereof to prevent the objectionable curling and retain the original shape of the rug; but these strips were sewed or attached to the rug in such manner that they could not be removed to clean the rug and again attached without considerable labor and loss of time, and as dust and dirt collects between the rug and strips such strips are not practical. A further serious objection to these steel strips is that they unduly stiffen the rug, are objectionable to the tread, and cut out the rug and scratch or mar the floor.

One object of the present invention is to provide rugs with simple and inexpensive means detachably connected thereto which will prevent the rug from slipping or sliding on the floor and will retain it in shape, which can be readilyapplied to rugs of any size, and which can be quickly and easily detached and again attached whenever necessary for cleaning the rug or for other reasons.

Another object of this invention is. to preserve the edges of rugs and carpets from wear by providing a cushion, of rubber or other pliable fabric, around the edge to prevent the sharp cutting and crushing of the rug or carpet between the shoes and the floor.

1n the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a rug provided with means embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a section thereof. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of a small rug with the attachment thereon. Fig. 4: is a fragmentary section, on an enlarged scale, showing one of the detachable fasteners in line 4: 4:, Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is aplan view, on an enlarged scale, of one of the fasteners detached.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the severalligures.

A represents a rug of any usual character and form, which is provided on its under side with the friction shaperetaining and preserving attachment. The latter consists of corner-pieces C, attached to the corners of the rug, and strips or bands 0, extending from corner-piece to corner-piece along the edges of the rug. The corner-pieces and strips are made of some suitable material which will cling to the floor and will not readily slide thereon and has sufficient stiffness to hold the cornersand edges of the rug from curling or turning up, while at the same time being sufficiently flexible and yielding not to be objectionable in use. Ribbed sheet-rubber, such as used commonly for stair-treads and similar purposes, answers well for the purpose. The corner-pieces are preferably generally triangular in form, having short straight edgesc', against which the ends of the edge strips abut. Both the corner-pieces and edge strips are detachably connected to the rug by fastening devices D, arranged at intervals of several inches. The fastening device shown in the drawings consists of a plate or part (Z, secured to the under side of the rug, and a second plate or part (1, secured to the upper side of the friction material and having oppositely-directed raised tongues (P, which detachably en gage in a hole in the plate secured to the rug. The two parts of the fastening are secured to the rug and friction material at an angle relative to each other, so that one of the parts must be turned or twisted somewhat relative to the other part to engage the tongues in the hole, and when it is released it will assume its angular position with its tongue overhanging the sides of the hole and preventing the detachment of the parts except by again turning one relative to the other. The fastening parts may be secured in place by sewing or in any other suitable manner. Any other suitable detachable fastener may be employed which will permit a ready attachment and detachment of the friction material to and from the rug and which will not mar the rug or floor or be objectionable to the tread in stepping on the rug over one of the fasteners. The corner-pieces will fit a rug of any size, and the edge pieces are produced in continuous strips from which pieces of the proper length for any size rug can be cut without delay or waste of material. The friction and holding material when applied to the rug prevents the same from sliding on the floor, maintains the shape of the rug, and preserves the edge from Wearing without marring the floor. Furthermore, as the friction material is of a very flexible and yielding character it is not objectionable to the tread and does not prevent the ordinary cleaning and handling of the rug.

In large heavy rugs the friction and holding material is preferably applied only to the margin of the rug, as shown in Fig. 1, for the weight of the rug causes the necessary friction between the friction material and the flbor to hold the rug from sliding; but small and light rugs are preferably provided in addition to the marginal strips and corner-pieces with intermediate strips or pieces E, so that a person instepping on the rug will necessarily tread over or near one of the frictionpieces, and thus create the necessary friction between the friction material and floor to hold the rug from sliding. i

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination with a rug, of means for preventing the rug from slipping on the floor consisting of corner-pieces, and edge strips between said corner-pieces, and fastenings detachably connecting said corner-pieces and edge strips on the under side of the rug, substantially as set forth.

2. An attachment for rugs to prevent the same from sliding on the floor, comprising a flexible yielding material provided with fastening devices which cooperate with complementary devices on the rug to detachably connect said attachment to the rug, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a rug provided on its under side with fastening devices, of corner-pieees and edge strips of flexible yielding material each provided on its upper face with fastening devices which detachably engage with said fastening devices onthe rug, substantially as set forth.

WVitness my hand this ith day of January,

SENEKERIM GULLIAN. \Vitnesses:

CHAs. W. PARKER, (J. M. BENTLEY. 

